But They Sound The Same?

Hello! Have you ever wrongly used words which sound the same but are spelt differently? Like there/their/they're or maybe accept/except?

Or maybe, you don't notice that you've been making these mistakes..

First things first, don't be shy. I make mistakes like these sometimes too :)

But let's get back to the topic now. What are these words? These words are HOMOPHONES!

Homophones are words which have the same pronunciation, but different spellings (or written forms)

Let's go straight to examples so that you can understand better.

1. your/you're

your signifies belonging. whereas you're is a contraction of you are

Misuse: Your stepping on you're own skirt.


2. pail/pale

this: is a pail.

this: is a pale girl.

Misuse: Why are you so pail? Did you lose your pale again?

(oh but losing a pail is not a laughing matter)


3. to/two/too

to is used as a preposition
(yes, to describe ALL the definitions of 'to' would take up a new blog post. you can read about it HERE)
two is more than one
too means very

Misuse: I believe that to is always better than one but too say that would be two much, wouldn't it?


4. than/then

than is used to compare, while then refers to a time in the past/future

Misuse: I love my high school years, I used to be taller then Amar back than.


5. meat/meet

this is MEAT
meet is basically to see (or to come in contact with)

Misuse: Did you meat the butcher for the meet this morning?

Okay so that's all for this time. If you're confused with any other homophones, please just drop a comment or maybe something in the chatbox :)

Idea from;
The Parents

Inspired by;
The Oatmeal
Christine Jalleh

References;
The Study of Language - George Yule
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary